Box Score

IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Mighty Macs (1-2-2, 1-0-0 CSAC) opened Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) play on Saturday morning hosting Clarks Summit (0-5-0, 0-1-0 CSAC), and the Macs received a record-setting performance from freshman Carley Peacher with four goals to pace the Macs in a 7-0 victory, their first of the season.
 
The four goals ties the program-record set by Erin Lewis on October 8^th, 2011 against Keystone.
 
IU also got goals from sophomore Carly Quigley, freshman Riley Rudd, and sophomore Hope Bizal.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Mighty Macs fired out of the gates behind Peacher as she scored twice in the opening seven minutes of the game.  She took a pass from Rudd on a cross to put the Macs in front 1-0 in the fifth minute, and in the seventh minute, Peacher took a pass from freshman Miranda Rojas to put the Macs in front 2-0 and give Rojas her first career assist
-Peacher made it a hat trick as she continued her career day on the second assist from Rudd on a cross that Peacher chested into the back of the net in the 14^th minute
-Just under four minutes later, Rudd made it a four-point day with her second goal of the season on the first career assist from junior Emily Gardyasz for a 4-0 IU lead
-Bizal got the first goal of her career on a cross from freshman Julia Schumacher for her first career assist in the 41^st minute to make it 5-0 at the half
-Peacher tied the program record with her fourth goal of the day on the first career assist from sophomore Eleana Kriebel on a perfect one-timer in the 54^th minute to increase the lead to 6-0
-Carly Quigley scored her first goal of the season off a loose ball in the corner in the 79^th minute to get to the final of 7-0
 
BY THE NUMBERS
-The Mighty Macs dominated in shots, 27-1, and corners, 8-0
-Saves: Senior Allie Tracey made one save in her second consecutive clean sheet
-Goals: Peacher (4), Carly Quigley (1), Rudd (1), Bizal (1)
-Assists: Rudd (2), Kriebel (1), Rojas (1), Gardyasz (1), Schumacher (1)
-Peacher led the team with six shots, four of them on target
 
WHAT THEY SAID
-Head Coach Zena Tracey: "This was a great way for our team to start the conference season.  We have been playing well for the first three weeks of the season, but haven't been able to get a result, so our girls kept working hard and deserved this win to start CSAC play.  It was a total team effort today."
 
UP NEXT
-The Mighty Macs will host Notre Dame on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. in their second consecutive CSAC game